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Motley13

(3,867 posts)
Sat Oct 8, 2016, 08:35 AM Oct 2016

The maggot insults women, Pence puts them in danger



http://www.vox.com/identities/2016/10/6/13174852/mike-pence-trump-vp-debate-abortion-women-dangerous


Donald Trump is turning American political norms upside down in many ways, and the way he treats women is no exception. Trump’s misogynistic comments are so brazen and crude, and his alleged history of lewd behavior so long and rampant, that it’s almost hard to believe.

But the obviousness of Trump’s sexism is also what makes it dangerous. Trump is threatening to shift the center of gravity of what we consider “sexism” and lower our expectations for what counts as an attack on women.

Take Trump’s running mate Mike Pence, for instance. Most pundits declared Pence the winner of Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate. He came across as the sane, stable grown-up, in sharp contrast to Trump (and, for that matter, his Democratic rival Tim Kaine). There’s already speculation that Pence is setting himself up for a 2020 presidential run if Trump loses, and that his style could be the moderate future the GOP needs.

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